Three O'Clock in the Morning
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"Three O’clock in the Morning" is a popular good-night waltz
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The lyrics were written by Theodora Morse
(listed as Dorothy Terriss) to music written by Julian Robledo. The song was recorded in 1922 by Paul Whiteman
and his Orchestra. Charting eight weeks at number one (out of a 20-week chart sojourn in 1922), the song became Whiteman’s early signature-tune, and sold over three million copies overall in various versions.
Connie Francis
recorded this song in her Greatest American Waltzes album in 1963. Bert Kaempfert
revived the song without the waltz tempo in his 1965 album Three O’clock in the Morning.
The song was also referenced in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
.
Karl-Lennart wrote the Swedish
lyrics. The Swedish title is "Sista valsen". Harmony Sisters, Cupol-orkestern Cond.: Jerry Högstedt recorded it in Stockholm on December 10, 1949. The song was released on the 78 rpm record Cupol 4331.
Waltz
The waltz is a ballroom and folk dance in time, performed primarily in closed position.- History :There are several references to a sliding or gliding dance,- a waltz, from the 16th century including the representations of the printer H.S. Beheim...
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The lyrics were written by Theodora Morse
Theodora Morse
Theodora Morse was an American song writer and composer.She was a Tin Pan Alley lyricist who collaborated to produce a number of popular songs.-Background:...
(listed as Dorothy Terriss) to music written by Julian Robledo. The song was recorded in 1922 by Paul Whiteman
Paul Whiteman
Paul Samuel Whiteman was an American bandleader and orchestral director.Leader of the most popular dance bands in the United States during the 1920s, Whiteman's recordings were immensely successful, and press notices often referred to him as the "King of Jazz"...
and his Orchestra. Charting eight weeks at number one (out of a 20-week chart sojourn in 1922), the song became Whiteman’s early signature-tune, and sold over three million copies overall in various versions.
Connie Francis
Connie Francis
Connie Francis is an American pop singer of Italian heritage and the top-charting female vocalist of the 1950s and 1960s. Although her chart success waned in the second half of the 1960s, Francis remained a top concert draw...
recorded this song in her Greatest American Waltzes album in 1963. Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert
Bert Kaempfert was a German orchestra leader and songwriter. He made easy listening and jazz-oriented records, and wrote the music for a number of well-known songs, such as "Strangers in the Night" and "Spanish Eyes".-Biography:He was born in Hamburg, Germany - where he received his lifelong...
revived the song without the waltz tempo in his 1965 album Three O’clock in the Morning.
The song was also referenced in the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby
The Great Gatsby is a novel by the American author F. Scott Fitzgerald. First published in1925, it is set on Long Island's North Shore and in New York City from spring to autumn of 1922....
by F. Scott Fitzgerald
F. Scott Fitzgerald
Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald was an American author of novels and short stories, whose works are the paradigm writings of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He is widely regarded as one of the greatest American writers of the 20th century. Fitzgerald is considered a member of the "Lost...
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Karl-Lennart wrote the Swedish
Swedish language
Swedish is a North Germanic language, spoken by approximately 10 million people, predominantly in Sweden and parts of Finland, especially along its coast and on the Åland islands. It is largely mutually intelligible with Norwegian and Danish...
lyrics. The Swedish title is "Sista valsen". Harmony Sisters, Cupol-orkestern Cond.: Jerry Högstedt recorded it in Stockholm on December 10, 1949. The song was released on the 78 rpm record Cupol 4331.